bordello
bordello — 名詞
- bordellosingular
- bordellosplural
1. a house or other business where clients go to pay sex workers for sexual service
妓院
提供付費性交易的場所，帶舊式或文學色彩
a house or other business where clients go to pay sex workers for sexual services, often mentioned in historical or literary settings
The police closed the bordello after neighbours reported late-night fights.
警方在鄰居通報深夜打架後，關閉了那家妓院。
collocation: close a bordello
In the novel, Elena escapes from a bordello near the old port.
在小說裡，Elena 從老港附近的一家妓院逃了出來。
register: literary or historical usage
Workers turned the former bordello into a small museum for tourists.
工人把那間舊妓院改成了一座供遊客參觀的小博物館。
The mayor denied reports that a bordello was operating behind the theater.
市長否認劇院後方有妓院在營業的傳聞。
Caleb found records of a bordello in his great-grandfather's diary.
Caleb 在曾祖父的日記裡找到一間妓院的紀錄。
- brothel
the neutral modern term, suitable for news or formal writing
- whorehouse
more informal and often offensive in tone
- house of prostitution
formal legal or official phrase
用法筆記
Usually seen in historical, literary, or dramatic writing rather than in plain modern conversation. If you want a neutral term, 'brothel' is usually the better choice.